I didn’t forget! Well, okay, I kinda forgot. Between bouts of pneumonia and being overworked at the old job, I’ve been remiss in finishing up the “Toys I Wish I Still Had” series. But now I’m ready to reveal number one! It shouldn’t be a big surprise: it combines the fun of GI Joes with [...]

These will be short and sweet. Just going through the stack of comics and giving my brief impressions.

Nextwave #1 and #2

Funny and well-drawn, though the pacing of issue two seems to be a little wanting. Not anywhere near the level of Giffen’s Justice League (Warren Ellis seems to be trying to emulate that style), but [...]

Not a bad week for comics. Due to “One Year Later,” I’ve started picking up comics I’ve previously abandoned. Let’s see how long the writers can keep me entertained. And, amazingly, I’m actually getting the reviews up in a timely manner. Well, at least these first three. I still have a backlog.

Nightwing #118

Kid gets kidnapped, [...]

I’m finally getting over my fun little bout of flu and pneumonia, so caught up on reading a lot of comics and watching way too much television. Here are some of the things that amused me this week:

The “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” cameo of Nightwing in the “Grudge Match” episode of Justice League Unlimited.
From that same episode, the [...]

From the first moment I saw this picture, all I could think about was the Ultra-Humanite. The same white color, the same white fur, the same weird skullcap/shell.

And for comparison:

Read more about the “furry lobster” recently found in the Pacific.

I can’t decide, though, if Aquaman should fight this new creature or if it should be [...]